Saturday, 17 January 2009

Remote Wakeskates, a division of Company Wakeboards has been launched! Rumors have been around for quite a while but now it is official. Skaters involved in the project are Silas Thurman, Andrew Pastura and Ben Horan.

Check out their blog-style homepage to keep you updated or come back here later for more info.This is definately gonna kick ass!Here is a interview with Silas Thurman at wakeboardmag.net about Remote wakeskates (french and english version available).

Friday, 16 January 2009

Neverride just released their snow-winch called "The Avalanche". It's the first "real" snow-sport specific winch as it can pull you at speeds up to 45mph (70km/h) and holds 2.000ft (600m) of rope.Top speed can be adjusted in three gears. An hydraulic disc brake assures safe stops.Total weight is 155lbs (70kg).

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Here is the first part about winches made in US. The first winch is the wooden winch from New Wakeskates. New Wakeskates sells complete winches and parts for winches like the Comet TAV2 torque converter clutch. The winches comes in two variants:Frame: wood epoxy composite or Starboard frameSpool: Starboard spoolEngine: 6,5ps Honda GX 200 or normal engine

Monday, 12 January 2009

Do you know the feeling, to see a trick on a video and you don't understand what the person is making? Especially in wakeskating and skateboarding is the complexity of the movement of feeds and skate hard to understand without a slow motion. But here is the solution 120fps are enough. You can see every aspect of the trick.

Watch Andy Kolb's BS bigspin in high quality!

Here is a dream for filmers in action sports - The Red Camera System. Click on the cam for more information.